Why Kenya denied Koko carbon credits licence

Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui.

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A dispute over amounts of carbon credits Koko Networks sought to sell in the global markets and what Kenya was willing to authorise fuelled the collapse of the clean energy startup backed by the World Bank.

Trade Cabinet Secretary (CS) Lee Kinyanjui said Kenya denied Koko Networks licences to sell carbon credits after it emerged that the company would take up the entire share Kenya could claim from the global markets, locking out other firms.

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